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The mind of a teenage girl is something very few people can understand. However, most parents try their best to make sense of their complicated teen. When something strange started happening around the McKinley household, Darren found himself unable to explain what was going on with his daughter. Before long, it wasn’t just Darren who was concerned. Doctors and social workers became worried and confused. No one could have known how serious things with the teenage girl were.

Darren McKinley lived with his new wife, Pam, and his teenage daughter, Natalie, in his parents’ guest house. While it was large enough to accommodate their living habits, it wasn’t the ideal place for them to settle down. Darren wanted to move his family into a much nicer house, preferably somewhere farther than the backyard of his parents’ house. He had been saving up to move out, but for now, they had to remain there…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Everything was fine until Darren started noticing something strange going on in the house. Darren’s daughter, Natalie, had just celebrated her 15th birthday. From talking with his friends, he knew this was going to be a difficult time for both of them. Girls at this age tended to think they knew everything, and they often had an attitude, especially with their parents. But it wasn’t something Darren couldn’t handle. However, he wasn’t prepared for the way Natalie was dealing with his separation from her mother.

He tried his best to support his daughter, but once Pam came into the picture, he had no idea how much everything was going to change. The father-daughter duo had always been close. Darren communicated with Natalie and supported her needs in whatever way he could. The two had a close bond, but their relationship began to change when he married Pam and had her move in with them. Although Darren ensured nothing would change, Natalie became more and more reserved. She didn’t interact as much at the dinner table and ignored Pam if she could help it.

At first, Darren thought it was typical of teenagers, but the quieter she became, the more concerned he grew. Pam had lived with them for less than a year at that point, but the change in Natalie’s demeanor was obvious. Instead of spending time in the shared spaces of the house, she ran upstairs as soon as she got home from school and would stay there as long as possible, only coming down for dinner.

“Maybe it had something to do with social media,” Darren thought to himself. He read articles about teenagers falling prey to bullying or other issues online. Little did he know that his concerns would pale in comparison to what was coming.

Confident in the nature of their relationship, Darren didn’t want to push Natalie too hard to share aspects of her life. He would share his own feelings with her to encourage her to come to him with her thoughts, but she didn’t take the bait. He finally decided to outright ask her what was going on, but all she told him was that she hadn’t gotten used to the rest of the house. He decided to drop it and trust that his daughter would come to him if something was actually wrong.

Darren would soon find that trust wasn’t enough. As the weather started to get warmer, the family packed away their winter clothes and started wearing shorts around the house. One warm morning, Darren was sitting at the table and looked up to see Natalie coming down the stairs. Immediately, his eyes were drawn to a big bruise on her leg. He couldn’t look away, but he tried to justify how it had gotten there. He asked her how she got the bruise, but she just shrugged and said she had no idea. However, her nonchalance didn’t shake the uncomfortable feeling that settled in his gut.

From the outside, the McKinleys’ life was good. Despite working extra hard to save up money to buy his family a new house, Darren was able to make time for his wife, Pam, and he hung out with his daughter whenever they had the chance. But in reality, Darren was growing more concerned. He couldn’t keep an eye on Natalie at all times, and it worried him. Then one night, he woke up to his wife out of bed and strange noises in the house. However, when he went out of his bedroom to investigate, they suddenly stopped.

What was going on?

Over the next few weeks, Darren started to see more and more bruises on Natalie’s legs. Before the bruises could fade to yellow and disappear, new ones appeared right next to them. Darren asked her about them once again, but she couldn’t make eye contact with him when she told him she had woken up to see them there. The dad was getting nervous. He had trouble sleeping soundly through the night. At first, he thought it was the stress over his daughter’s behavior, but when suspicious noises once again woke him up, he was determined to get to the bottom of this mystery.

In his confusion and concern, Darren found himself skeptical of the only other person in the house. In a fit of panic, he found himself accusing his wife of having something to do with the marks appearing on Natalie’s legs. Pam was in shock. She couldn’t believe her husband was blaming her for having any part in harming his daughter. She insisted she wasn’t involved and made sure he knew just how serious his accusation was. After a year of being married, Pam thought her husband would trust her more than this.

Even though he apologized to Pam, his suspicions didn’t go away. Darren knew Pam and his daughter weren’t on the best of terms, but he’d hoped they would be able to mend their relationship over time. However, Pam’s lack of concern about the situation threw Darren off. He considered the facts before him: Pam said she had no part in the bruises, and Natalie herself had said she had no idea where they were coming from. The teenage girl stayed in the house, not interested in parties, sports, or dating, preferring to read or craft in her room during the summer vacation. So, where on Earth did these bruises keep coming from?

Throughout the next few weeks, Darren realized the bruises weren’t the only odd occurrence going on with his daughter. She was always tired, and her sleep schedule was off. She entered her room at 8:00 p.m. and wouldn’t come out until noon the next day. The bags under her eyes were getting worse, and she began to lose her appetite. None of this helped her attitude, which began to show up at every opportunity. She snapped at both Pam and her dad. Darren was at a total loss about how to explain her behavior. He didn’t recognize the girl in front of him now. Even Pam was concerned—no longer did this seem like typical teenage behavior.

Darren began to wonder if Natalie was developing a health condition before their very eyes, and Pam agreed that they should take her to the doctor. Darren scheduled Natalie an appointment and told her they were simply going for her yearly checkup so that she wouldn’t suspect anything. However, the appointment was about to leave the family with even more questions.

After conducting regular tests and a few extra ones at Darren’s request, the doctor called the worried father into his office to go over the results. Darren’s heart was beating fast until the doctor told him he had nothing to worry about. Every test the doctor conducted came back with completely normal results. Natalie was a healthy teenage girl. While Darren was relieved to hear there didn’t seem to be anything wrong with his daughter, he couldn’t help but feel something was off. In the absence of any medical explanation, the bruises implied a significantly more ominous origin.

Caught up in his thoughts about the results, Darren didn’t even notice the suspicious look on the doctor’s face. With a lack of answers, Darren and his daughter left the office and drove home. When they entered the house, Natalie immediately went upstairs, and Darren sat with his wife, explaining what the doctor said. They had been deep in conversation for a few hours, brainstorming other possibilities, when their chat was interrupted by a firm knock on the front door. Darren opened the door to find a small lady on his doorstep, complete with a clipboard and a stern look on her face. She introduced herself as Ms. Wood, and she was appearing on behalf of Social Services.

Already tired from the day he’d had, Darren tried to wrap his head around the reason a social worker would be visiting his house. He managed to ask what her visit was about.

“I’m here to speak with your daughter, sir,” she told him and asked to come inside.

Miss Wood said she was there to look into a possible situation involving Natalie McKinley and her parents by their family doctor. Darren couldn’t believe the doctor had called Social Services on him. He thought the doctor knew him well enough to know he’d never lay a hand on his child. Still, he knew what the bruises looked like to an outsider. Ms. Wood would have to talk to Natalie herself to find out the truth.

As Ms. Wood began to make her way toward the stairs, Pam came into the hallway and was shocked to see a social worker in her home. Natalie had come down to see what was going on as well. The social worker introduced herself to the women and gave a brief explanation before asking to talk to Natalie privately. Pam was furious at this intrusion and stormed out of the room. Meanwhile, Darren found himself pacing in the hallway at the bottom of the stairs, anxious for Ms. Wood to speak with Natalie in private. He wondered if the social worker would finally be able to coax the truth out of his daughter. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Time moved at a snail’s pace as the social worker and Natalie talked. Finally, Natalie’s door opened, and Ms. Wood walked out. Her expression hadn’t changed, but Darren was upset to see Natalie follow behind her out of the room, tears streaming down her face. Darren swallowed the yell that was threatening to come out at the social worker and asked her as politely as possible if there was anything else she needed. She told them she’d be in touch before leaving without another word

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Darren turned to his emotional daughter, his head racing with questions. The only thing on Darren’s mind as he embraced Natalie was why his daughter was crying and what she had told Ms. Wood.

Natalie tried to explain their conversation through her tears.

“I told her what I told you, Dad,” she cried. “Every morning I wake up with marks, and I don’t know how they got there,” she continued.

Although he was relieved to hear that she hadn’t told them anything he didn’t already know, Darren realized they weren’t any closer to finding out what was going on. It was clear something strange was going on. Darren vowed not to give up, and suddenly he had an idea.

Darren’s household was falling apart in front of him. His daughter was distraught and still experiencing random bruises and intense exhaustion. Not to mention his relationship with Pam had felt strained since Darren had accused her of having a part in the recent happenings. He had to figure out what was going on. He decided to purchase a night vision camera and set it up secretly in Natalie’s room to see what was going on. Maybe then he’d understand where the bruises were coming from, and the noises as well. But nothing could have prepared him for what he was about to find.

The dad set up the camera on top of Natalie’s dresser, hidden behind a lamp with a clear view of the entire room. There had to be an explanation for what was going on, and Darren was determined to find out what it was. This seemed like the only option. The bruises had to be coming from somewhere, and with no evidence, Darren still couldn’t help but feel suspicious of his wife. But the camera was about to expose the mystery that had been haunting their lives for months now.

When Natalie came down to breakfast with yet another huge bruise, Darren was frantic to check the footage from the night before. When she returned to her room after finishing her breakfast, he took a look at the video footage. The dad stared intensely at the video and watched as his daughter lay in her bed reading a book. Without even putting the book aside, Natalie had fallen asleep. She stayed in the same position for about 30 minutes, and nothing seemed out of the ordinary, until suddenly Darren saw something that made his heart stop.

He watched as his daughter, who had been sleeping peacefully just a second before, suddenly jerked up. He couldn’t look away as he watched his daughter act very differently than normal. Darren was having trouble believing what was happening in front of his very eyes. Natalie was still unconscious, but her body began thrashing. She stayed laying on her back, but her body was moving as if she was crawling around. He had never seen something like this. Surely his eyes were playing tricks on him. The movements continued.

Now Natalie was thrashing in her bed, slamming her legs into the wall and the bed frame. It looked unnatural and deeply uncomfortable. Darren yelled for Pam to come into the room to look at the footage with him. The two stared at the footage, horrified, as Natalie continued to flail and jerk around. They couldn’t believe this had been happening under their roof for so long without them knowing. While Darren thought he’d feel relieved once he knew how his daughter was getting these marks, instead, he felt more fear.

Then he rushed to his daughter’s room. The door slammed open to find Natalie simply sitting on her bed, reading her latest book as normal. She told her dad she had no recollection of what had happened while she was sleeping. That’s when Darren rushed back to the doctor to show him the footage.

If the previous tests showed nothing out of the ordinary, maybe this footage would inspire some tests they hadn’t thought to try. The doctor watched the footage, perplexed. He had never seen anything quite like this. He called a few fellow doctors, who all told them the same thing—they’d never seen anything like this before. Unable to provide answers, the doctor sent them to a neurologist.

The neurologist performed a comprehensive neurological examination and prescribed a complete polysomnogram to assess the electrical brain activity in her brain. Darren’s head was running wild. He was considering everything from sleepwalking to demonic possession. This footage shook him up. He was too far gone to consider what was realistic and what was not.

Meanwhile, the neurologist ruled out any tumors or brain traumas. Then she saw something unusual. The specialist looked closer at the monitor, which from the EEG was showing some indication of abnormal brain activity coming from Natalie’s temporal lobe. The doctor made a note of this, ruling the possibility of temporal lobe epilepsy. However, the doctor was not necessarily convinced. Natalie’s unconscious behavior was not typical of this kind of epilepsy. So, what exactly was causing this kind of seizure?

After looking at the EEG and MRI results, as well as studying the video footage of Natalie, the doctor decided to diagnose her with tonic-clonic seizures. These used to be known as grand mal seizures and are made up of two phases: a sudden stiffness of limbs followed by a phase of repeated jerking movements. The specialist prescribed anti-seizure medication and offered other resources to help Natalie deal with seizures in the future.

With a medical diagnosis, Darren finally felt himself breathe for the first time in months. He put his arm around his daughter and walked out of the doctor’s office, finally feeling a sense of relief.

When Darren noticed strange bruises on his daughter, his family was at risk of falling apart. Even though he didn’t get the answers he needed from his daughter, he wasn’t willing to give up on her. There are few things as powerful as a father’s love, which Darren McKinley showed for his daughter.

We’re glad the mystery plaguing the McKinley household has finally been solved, and Natalie got the help she needed. We wish nothing but the best for the McKinleys as they navigate Natalie’s diagnosis in the future.

 

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Surgeons were stunned and screamed in fear ‘after they removed this from a man who had trouble going to the bathroom since he was born’!

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Even if you generally understand that the foods you eat directly affect your well-being, have you ever wondered why that is? According to doctors, it comes down to metabolism, which refers to all of the chemical reactions that occur in your body.

There are many factors that affect your metabolic health. This includes family history and genetics, which you can’t do anything about. But other aspects can be modified, making it possible to influence your metabolic health and keep long-term health issues at bay.

This man reportedly had trouble going to the bathroom since he was born. The unnamed 22-year-old man from China had 30 inches of his enlarged b0wel removed by surgeons at the People’s Hospital. He reportedly suffered from Hirschprung’s Illness for 22 years…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

He can just pass a really percentage of stool at a time and the rest of it began to develop and get stuck inside his intestinal tracts. Hirschsprung’s Illness impacts the colon or big intestinal tract. This condition makes it challenging for a private to have routine defe-ation. This illness begins with birth and regrettably, the person needs to cope with it for the rest of his/her life.

Dr. Rosenfield described that this client started to look “pregnant.” The client was unable to get the appropriate treatment for this long and his f-ces simply continues to support inside him and made his life unpleasant. The man ultimately required to go through surgical treatment and the medical professionals were stunned by what they took out of his body! After 22 years, the medical professionals had the ability to get rid of 30lbs of supported waste inside the guy’s system. After the effective surgical treatment, the male was 30lbs lighter. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The physicians discussed that he was fortunate that this develop did not trigger his c0lon to burst. If it did, it might have triggered his life. Doctors said the man looked like he was nine months pregnant because of the painful enlargement and f-ces backup.

The medical experts believe he had been constipated for years and looked ‘like he was about to explode.’ The patient said he had always suffered from c0nstipation and used laxatives, but those only offered a brief relief, according to The Daily Mail. Dear readers, we are republishing this story to raise awareness about the Hirschprung’s Illness.

 

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so a boy approached her and whispered 3 words that froze her in place

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Sexuality can be exciting and also embarrassing for teens. Even when they are curious to learn all there is to know about the subject, few really want to sit down and have this awkward conversation with their parents.

Girls have a greater concern about their period. Girls don’t want to be the first or last to receive it. And when they do, they’re usually scared that the bleeding will seep into their clothes, which will lead to everyone knowing that
this time of the month has come.

Unfortunately, for one young girl, this is exactly what happened. While on her way home on the bus from school, a red stain appeared on her pants. Unfortunately, she was not the only one who noticed it…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

Several children on the bus saw the stain and the young girl got extremely embarrassed.

As we all know, children and teenagers can be cruel and vicious in such situations, so when an older boy on the bus suddenly approached her, the girl was prepared for a joke or a disgusting remark.

But instead of laughing at her, he said something that led the girl’s mother to share the story on social media.

The boy saw what had happened and decided to approach the girl. But he was not there to embarrass her any further – quite the contrary. He offered her his shirt so she could tie it around her waist. READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

The girl’s mother praised the boy

The girl’s mother praised not only the boy for his wonderful gesture, but also his mother for raising and educating her son to be such a good person.

We hear a lot of negative stories about teens today so hearing something so positive is really wonderful.

After the mother posted

We can only agree. We think few teens would dare approach someone who was sitting and feeling embarrassed while others laughed and did nothing.

Feel free to share this story with your Facebook friends to make a tribute to this boy for the wonderful thing he did. There is no doubt that he will be even more of a gentleman as he grows and matures!

 

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Man Whispers To His Comatose Wife, But She Could Hear Every Word

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After being found unconscious in her home, a woman fell into a coma. As the plug was pulled on her life support, her husband leaned down and whispered the truth in her ear. Little did he know, she could hear every word and was about to fight back.

Lyndee Brown Pellettiere-Swapp was only 45 years old when her son Steven found her unconscious in their Arizona home. He immediately called 911, and Lyndee was rushed to Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center. For five days, Lyndee suffered seizures and eventually fell into a coma, where she remained for 12 days, according to Mirror.

Lyndee’s husband Steve, daughter Amanda, and son Steven hoped for a miracle, but doctors said there was nothing more they could do and recommended taking Lyndee off life support. The tough decision was made to pull the plug, honoring what the family thought was Lyndee’s wishes. “My family knows I am an avid organ donor so when my organs started to fail, they made the decision — it was time to make that decision,” Lyndee would later explain…Click Here To Continue Reading>> …Click Here To Continue Reading>>

 

As Lyndee’s family came to say their goodbyes, little did her family know, Lyndee heard every word. “I remember people talking to me,” Lyndee recalled. “I remember when people came to visit, my niece reading to me.” She also remembered the doctors talking about her impending demise, telling the family what to expect as she inevitably passed away.

“[Doctors] told [my family] that I would start to make noises when they turned off life support. It was very agitating. I couldn’t move. I couldn’t talk, couldn’t respond. I could just hear conversations around me and about me,” Lyndee said. “I remember a doctor opening my eyes, messing with me, and telling my family I was not reacting.”

Lyndee knew she had to speak up in order to save her own life, but she tried and failed. “In my head, it was very clear what I was saying, but it wasn’t to them,” she explained. Then, she found all the motivation she needed in the words her husband leaned down and whispered in her ear, thinking she was about to leave this life.

“They removed all tubes as he requested,” she recalled, adding that a doctor was waiting to “pronounce her dead” while an organ donation team was on standby, ready to take her organs. But, her husband Steve wasn’t ready for his wife to leave him. In a whisper, Steve pleaded with Lyndee, reminding her of a reality she was about to make everyone else aware of.

After 12 days in a coma, Lyndee woke up, uttering three words that surprised her entire family. “I’m a fighter,” she managed to respond after Steve had spoken that very truth in her ear. “I was finally able to get out ‘I’m a fighter,’ which is what my husband was whispering in my ear,” Lyndee said, recalling the moment she woke up from her coma after being taken off life support, according to Daily Mail. “[He kept saying] ‘I need you to fight.’” READ FULL STORY HERE>>>CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING>>>

Stunned, Steve quickly went to get the doctor. “My husband said, ‘She is doing everything you said she wouldn’t do,’” Lyndee recalled. Indeed, against all odds and medical predictions, Lyndee was back, awake, and responding, AZ Family reported. But, not realizing what was happening, Amanda came to the hospital, thinking her mother was gone.

“I looked at her, and she just says, ‘Hi,’ and I just fell to my knees,” Amanda recalled tearfully, describing how she melted down after receiving the shock of her life. Lyndee eventually left the hospital, but she wasn’t out of the woods. Despite her amazing recovery, she suffered a number of health problems and complications.

Lyndee even had to learn to walk and feed herself again. “They released me with home healthcare to continue learning everything,” she said. She also required numerous follow-up surgeries and hospitalizations, and she suffered PTSD from the experience.

Almost two years later, Lyndee Brown Pellettiere-Swapp still had “no answers” as to why she first fell unconscious or how she made such a recovery. But, there was one thing she was certain of that she needed others to know too. “Just because you are not conscious does not mean you cannot hear,” she said. “So you should talk to your loved ones if you are in that situation. They hear you.”

The experience also left her family with an important message for others too. “Everything can be taken away. You can wake up one day and everything is fine, and then your life is a mess,” Lyndee’s son Steven said. “Keep your family close and don’t let them go,” he added.

“I don’t take for granted that I get to come home and kiss my mom,” Steven continued. “Every day I come home from work, seeing her and talking to her.” Go hug your loved ones, and remind others to do the same because you never know when it could be your last chance.

 

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